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IL Letter to Editor speaks to all 50 states
Based in Chicago, IL David Kraft, Director of Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), succinctly writes in his Chicago Sun Times Letter to the Editor (LTE) a warning that presently applies to dozens of state legislatures across the country who are parroting and rebranding the same repeated lies and a dangerous failed energy policy of atomic…
Read MoreOpponents to Holtec’s CISF in NM file Initial Briefs in federal appeal
On September 1st, opponents to Holtec International’s consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) — for high-level radioactive waste, targeted at southeastern New Mexico — filed their Initial Briefs at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. See Beyond Nuclear’s Initial Brief, here. See Don’t Waste Michigan and Sierra Club’s Initial Brief, here.*…
Read MoreOpening the door to abolition of nuclear war
Karl Grossman, professor of journalism and Beyond Nuclear board member, has examined movie critics’ reviews of Oppenheimer. He states “We are at a highly perilous time in regard to nuclear war. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (1/24/23) moved its “Doomsday Clock,” which it says represents the risk of “nuclear annihilation,” forward to 90 seconds…
Read MoreFliers and schedule for “The Peaceful Atom is a Bomb: Addressing the Dire Risks of Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, and Radioactive Waste” — Veterans For Peace Golden Rule Project-related events in s.w. Michigan, Sept. 7-13
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Thank you to Kathy Barnes of Don’t Waste Michigan-Sherwood Chapter, for laying out and designing the following fliers: Overall Schedule Flier (Sept. 7-13): The Peaceful Atom is a Bomb – Spread the Word! Addressing the Dire Risks of Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power & Radioactive Waste; Flier for the Concert (Saturday,…
Read MoreTritium releases opposed as environmental and health concerns grow
Reactor community residents, state and federal political officials, public health experts, fishing industry advocates and environmentalists in the United States and countries around the world are calling for stricter protective action to prevent the international nuclear industry’s global discharge of its largest, and costliest, volume of liquid radioactive waste from nuclear power sites; tritium, radioactive…
Read MoreMarine expert disses dumping
According to marine expert Ken Buesseler, senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Japan and TEPCO have “been only partially successful and only partially transparent” as they begin dumping some 350 million gallons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. The water was contaminated by direct contact with the melted radioactive cores of the ruined…
Read MoreThe sordid history of Trinity’s uranium fuel
In addition to the impact the first atomic explosion, Trinity, had on communities near where the bomb was detonated, it also had impact on the uranium mining communities where its fuel came from, including the Congo in Africa. Two-thirds of the uranium for Trinity came from a 24-story deep mine in Katanga, called Shinkolobwe. The…
Read MoreUranium Film Festival returns to the US in 2024
The International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) plans to return to the United States in early spring of 2024 for an extended tour across the country. At each stop, it will show a selection of movies and documentaries curated for that area of the country about the use of nuclear power and nuclear weapons in the…
Read MoreSenate extends nuclear industry’s limited liability to catastrophic accidents
Why is Congress avoiding a hearing on the reauthorization of the Price-Anderson Act? Buried within the 1,168 pages of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2024 as a “must pass” and without holding a single public hearing, on July 27, 2023, the US Senate voted to reauthorize the Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act. Price-Anderson shields…
Read MorePROTEST Japan’s radioactive Pacific dumping!
Japan has started releasing radioactive waste water from the devastating multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power reactors into the Pacific Ocean. The release is opposed by fisherfolk, scientists, neighboring countries, civil society groups and individuals. Protests and actions are happening now (scroll down at link). We will continue to post any updates. Sign this…
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